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An Apple Pie Prayer Life


I went to Mt. Hermon to Cabin lead this past June/July. There was an illustration that one of the speakers, Tim Lee, gave that really helped me re-evaluate my relationship with God, being a visual learner, illustrations really help. He gave the Apple Pie Message.


He was talking to his mentor, discussing (Tim's) recent revelations in both their spiritual walk with God.  Tim was saying that, if his life was like a pie graph, his time was/is split into so many slices, and noticed that each portion is much larger than his "God Slice".  He mentioned that 25% was for sleep, 33% was for social media, studies, work, and emails, 20% was for friends and family, and 20% was for fun, and minimally a 2% for God - morning quiet time, and prayer before meals and bed.  He asked his mentor what wisdom he could have to help him learn to manage and balance out his life and get the pie slices to be more even.

His mentor replied,  "Pie is really good, I love pie, so Tim, what is your favorite pie?"
Tim replied, " Oh man, Apple Pie hands down, the best dessert ever!"
"Well then, don't you see that your life is like the slices of pie, but God is the filling! In apple pie, the filling is spread all over, full, hearty, and sweet, apple pie is not apple pie without the filling.  So let God be your apple pie filling!", his mentor inquired.

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all fo r the glory of God.  
- 1 Corinthians 10:31  

Comparing our prayer life to the apple pie filling, we have got to learn that our prayer life is not just during meals, when we need, or when we praise, it is every breathing moment of our day, it humbles us knowing that we should be asking God before anyone else, that we thank Him, and we talk to him throughout our daily routine.  He takes joy in being part of it.  It is humbling to know that we walk with a God who is deeply interested in every thought that we have. He awaits to have a conversation with us.  So as Tim's mentor said to him, "Let God be your Apple Pie filling". It will humble and change your life.  Let's begin to pray like this for our nations, for our missionaries, for our church leaders, for our friends, for our families.  Pray and spread it all around, be full, be hearty, and be sweet.  
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  1. AnonymousAugust 1, 2012 at 9:14 PM

    Jan.. I heard that message from Tim before. Such a great reminder that God should be intertwined into every aspect of our lives.

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